In January 2017, a husband and wife applied for life insurance. The wife was pregnant. Part of the application process required them to complete a blood test. The blood test indicated the wife was HIV positive. When this news was delivered to the patient in front of her husband, the patient vomited. When she demanded an explanation, the practice insinuated her husband was participating in an extra-marital affair.
The lab result was ultimately deemed a false positive. The husband and wife sued, the practice, alleging the practice's negligence inflicted undue emotional distress. The lawsuit also stated that even if the woman WAS HIV positive, this information should not have been casually revealed in the presence of her husband. A defense verdict was delivered - meaning the doctor/practice prevailed. What can we learn? Our podcast has the details.
EP 94: Surgeon Unmasks the Unmaskable Defamatory Reviewer - How She Did It (Part 2)
EP 93: Surgeon Unmasks the Unmaskable Defamatory Reviewer - How She Did It (Part 1)
EP 92: Raving Patients and Reputation Marketing with Dr. Len Tau (Part 2)
EP 91: Raving Patients and Reputation Marketing with Dr. Len Tau (Part 1)
EP 90: Prescribing Testosterone and Other Controlled Substances Without Getting Blown Up (Part 2 of 2)
EP 89: Prescribing Testosterone and Other Controlled Substances Without Getting Blown Up (Part 1 of 2)
EP 88: Surviving Board Issues from Hell (Part 2 of 2)
EP 87: Surviving Board Issues from Hell (Part 1 of 2)
EP 86: The Ideal Screening Tool for Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Ounce of Prevention Worth Pounds of Cure (Part 2 of 2)
EP 85: The Ideal Screening Tool for Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Ounce of Prevention Worth Pounds of Cure (Part 1 of 2)
EP 84: Doctors, Data Theft, and Cyber Liability Protection (Part 2 of 2)
EP 83: Doctors, Data Theft, and Cyber Liability Protection (Part 1 of 2)
EP 82: Charting the Healthcare Professional’s Path to Wealth (Part 2)
EP 81: The Radonda Vaught Verdict from a Nurse’s Perspective (Part 2 of 2)
EP 80: Charting the Healthcare Professional’s Path to Wealth (Part 1)
EP 79: The Radonda Vaught Verdict from a Nurse’s Perspective (Part 1 of 2)
EP 77: Bad News, Wrong Man. Patient‘s Prostate Removed by Mistake.
EP 78: Delayed Melanoma Diagnosis Dooms Patient - Or Does It? The Wonky World of Loss of Chance.
EP 76: Pandemic Violence, Produce Sabotage, Physician Infighting in Idaho. The COVID Half-Hour.
EP 75: Fertility Specialist Impregnates Multiple Patients with His Own Sperm and Examines His Own Daughter - 30 Years Later...
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